Feature Engineering and Selection

A Practical Approach for Predictive Models
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-032-09085-6
Verlag: Chapman and Hall/CRC

Buch, Englisch, 314 Seiten, Format (B × H): 189 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 611 g

Reihe: Chapman & Hall/CRC Data Science Series

The process of developing predictive models includes many stages. Most resources focus on the modeling algorithms but neglect other critical aspects of the modeling process. This book describes techniques for finding the best representations of predictors for modeling and for nding the best subset of predictors for improving model performance. A variety of example data sets are used to illustrate the techniques along with R programs for reproducing the results.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kuhn, Max

Johnson, Kjell

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftsstatistik, Demographie
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Stochastik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Wirtschaftsmathematik und -statistik
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Theoretische Informatik
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Daten / Datenbanken Data Mining
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Künstliche Intelligenz

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction. 2. Illustrative Example: Predicting Risk of Ischemic Stroke. 3. A Review of the Predictive Modeling Process. 4. Exploratory Visualizations. 5. Encoding Categorical Predictors. 6. Engineering Numeric Predictors. 7. Detecting Interaction Effects. 8. Handling Missing Data. 9. Working with Profile Data. 10. Feature Selection Overview. 11. Greedy Search Methods. 12. Global Search Methods.

Über Autor(innen)

Max Kuhn, Ph.D., is a software engineer at RStudio. He worked in 18 years in drug discovery and medical diagnostics applying predictive models to real data. He has authored numerous R packages for predictive modeling and machine learning.

Kjell Johnson, Ph.D., is the owner and founder of Stat Tenacity, a firm that provides statistical and predictive modeling consulting services. He has taught short courses on predictive modeling for the American Society for Quality, American Chemical Society, International Biometric Society, and for many corporations.

Kuhn and Johnson have also authored Applied Predictive Modeling, which is a comprehensive, practical guide to the process of building a predictive model. The text won the 2014 Technometrics Ziegel Prize for Outstanding Book.